Knowing how to understand a loved one who is suffering from PTSD can be difficult. An article on healmyptsd.com lists 10 ways to help understand someone with PTSD. The first tip the article lists is having knowledge about the symptoms, the process of a trigger, or even how PTSD effects your loved ones psychologically. Being able to identify a trigger will help you be more aware, therefore more able to help your loved ones.

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